Kochi Assembly constituency

Kochi State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Maxi of CPI(M).

Kochi
Constituency No. 80 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Marine Drive, Kochi
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	2008
Total electors	1,71,380 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. J. Maxi
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2016

Local self-governed segments

Kochi Assembly constituency is composed of the following 20 wards of the Kochi Municipal Corporation (Fort Kochi zone and Mattancherry zone), and two Gram Panchayats in Kochi taluk:^[2]

Wards of Kochi Municipal Corporation in Kochi Assembly constituency

Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name
1	Fort Kochi	2	Kalvathy	3	Earavely
4	Karippalam	5	Mattancherry	6	Kochangadi
7	Cheralayi	8	Panayapilly	9	Chakkamadom
10	Karuvelippady	11	Thoppumpady	12	Tharebhagam
21	Pullardesam	22	Mundamveli	23	Manassery
24	Mulamkuzhi	25	Chullikkal	26	Nazareth
27	Fort Kochi Veli	28	Amaravathy

All of the above 20 wards are included in Kochi taluk.

Other Local Bodies in Kochi Assembly constituency

Sl no.	Name	Local Body Type	Taluk
1	Kumbalangi	Grama panchayat	Kochi
2	Chellanam	Grama panchayat	Kochi

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Kochi Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[3]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
2011	13th	Dominic Presentation		Indian National Congress	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	K. J. Maxi		Communist Party of India	2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2021

There were 1,81,842 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kochi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. J. Maxi	54,632	42.45	+3.75
	INC	Tony Chammany	40,553	31.51	−6.31
	Twenty 20 Party	Shiny Antony	19,676	15.29	New
	BJP	C. G. Rajagopal	10,991	8.54	−3.73
	NOTA	None of the above	474	0.37	−
Margin of victory			14,079	10.94	+10.06
Turnout			1,28,703	70.78	−1.55
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	+3.75

2016

There were 1,71,356 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kochi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. J. Maxi	47,967	38.70%	0.96
	INC	Dominic Presentation	46,881	37.82%	15.57
	BJP	Praveen Damodara Prabhu	15,212	12.27%	7.08
	Independent	K. J. Leenus	7,588	6.12%	−
	WPOI	A. S. Muhammed	2,357	1.90%	−
	SDPI	Sulfikar Ali	2,108	1.70%	0.19
	NOTA	None of the above	1,002	0.81%	−
	PDP	T. P. Antony	386	0.31%	−
	Independent	Johney Stephen	180	0.15%	−
	Independent	K. S. Jayaraj	172	0.14%	−
	Independent	Abdul Samad	101	0.08%	−
Margin of victory			1,086	0.88%
Turnout			1,23,954	72.33%	5.73
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

2011

There were 1,58,548 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kochi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dominic Presentation	56,352	53.37%
	CPI(M)	M. C. Josephine	39,849	37.74%
	BJP	K. Sasidharan	5,480	5.19%
	SDPI	Yoosuf Mufti	1,992	1.89%
	Independent	Dominic C. J.	590	0.56%
	BSP	Kamarudeen T. A.	482	0.46%
	Independent	A. P. Ibrahimkutty	394	0.37%
	Independent	Jacob Pulikkan	258	0.24%
	Independent	T. A. Krishnan Kutty	195	0.18%
Margin of victory			16,863	15.63%
Turnout			1,05,592	66.60%
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Kochi
• Ernakulam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
• 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections